.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.5,v 1.6 1999/08/28 00:00:44 peter Exp $
.\" @(#)rpc.5	2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.4 87/11/27 SMI;
.Dd September 26, 1985
.Dt RPC 5
.Sh NAME
.Nm rpc
.Nd rpc program number data base
.Sh SYNOPSIS
/etc/rpc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Pa /etc/rpc
file contains user readable names that
can be used in place of rpc program numbers.
Each line has the following information:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
name of server for the rpc program
.It
rpc program number
.It
aliases
.El
.Pp
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.
A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/rpc
.Pa /etc/rpc
.El
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr getrpcent 3
